Valve.



' W. G. TAYLOR.

VALVE.

APLlOATIOR FILED MAY5, 1909.

Patented 11911.21, 1911.

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W. G. TAYLOR.

A VALVE. l APPLICATION P1 [LBD HAY 5, 1909.

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Patented 11611.21, 1911.

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l INVENTOI? @Mm by@ WLLIAM GAvIN TAYLOR, 0F WATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT.

VALVE.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

,'Be it known that I, lVrLLmM Gavin TA1'- Loma citizen of the Uriited States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented cer-` tain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the folloWinor is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. i

My inventlon relates to new and useful improvements in valves, and has for lts obi ject, among other things, to provide means -whereby the substance which enters the valve at a' uniform pressure may be discharged therefrom under a variable pressure; and to accomplish this result withl mechanism that is simple in design and may y be constructed at the minnnum cost.

V.To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the valve having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as'will he hereinafter described and more ,particularly pointed out in the claims..

Referring to the drawin numerals of reference in the several figures; tion of my in which like designate like parts Figure l is an elevaimproved device as connected l with a sewage distributing system; Fig. 2is

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a longitudinal, sectional view thereof; F 3 is an end view of one cf the sections with the valve plate mounted therein; and Fig.

' a very limited area bed 4 is a view of a modified form of valve plate. The uses to which my improved valve may applied are manifold, but it has especial value when used with sewage distribution devices, and largely for purposes of illustration it is herein described as connected therewith.

It is the practice in distributing sewage over a filtration bed to deliver the sewage in a substantially liquid form from a riser pipe onto the spreading cone of a nozzle which deliects it radially and scatters it over said bed. Heretofore it has been the practice to pass this sewage through the riser at a uniform pressure resulting in the major portion of the sewage being distributed over of the entire filtration In Fig. 1 is shown a. portion of a filtration bed which is designated by the numeral l,

' and through which projects the riser pipe 2 havingthenozzle dome 3 thereon, in which is fixed the spreading cone 4, and the broken lines 5 indicate the path of the sewage deflected from said cone when the same is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Hay 5, 1909. Serial No. 494,124. l

Patented Feb. 21, l1911.

thrown in .contact therewith under a unitration bed at the point where this line confacts therewith. Of course, small particles to :i greater or less degree will be separated from the sewage while in the air and drop onto the filtration bed close to the riser, but theV amount of the droppings in the aggregate is very insignificant.

The capacity of the filtration hed is necessarily largely increased if the sewage is evenly distributed over the entire area, and one means of accomplishing this result is to vary the pressure vof the sewage as it passes through the riser. It being obvious that with less pressure upon the spreading cone the sewage will not be thrown radially theA same distance as it would under a greater `rassure. therefore by varying this pressure from zero to the maximum the'sewage will be distributed uniformly over the entire area of the bed between the riser and the maximum and Vice versa' pressure throw. To thus provide a variable pressure, I have constructed my improved valve of the two sections 6 which are provided with the flanges 7 upon their inner faces, between which is the collar 9, preferably made of bronze or other noncorrodible material. and the whole secured together by 'suitable bolts 8. To one of said sections is secured an inlet pipe 11 by the bolts 12. and to the other is secured the outletpipe 13 by the bolts 14. the outlet pipe 13 being connected with a. distributing pipe 22 that is connected by the pipe 15 with the riser main 16 having one or more risers 2 fixed therein. The form, and detailed construction of the valve and collar, as well as their mode of attachment, are subject to modification, as the particular form and shape of these parts as shown herein are not essential. The various forms of the opening in the collar 9 are -made Without reference to the size of the inlet pipe 11, as Wit-hin my invention the area may be greater or less than that of said inlet pipe.

Journaled Within the collar 9 is the valve plate 17 fixed on the shaft 18 which is either continuously or intermittently rotated by any preferred means, the nature of which is not material to my invention and therefore not shown or described herein. This valve plate is preferably formed with two oppositely disposed. radially projecting-lips 1J that are connected on either side of the cen ter by a curved portion eccentric to the .shaft 1S. so that during the rotation of said valve plate the open space between the outer edge thereof and the inside of the valve collar t' is gradually enlarged or, diminished on both sides of the center of the shaft accord ing to the direction of movement of said valveA plate. The outside diameter of the lips 19 is the same as that of the inside of the collar 9. so that when said lips 19 are in contacttherewith the valve is entirely closed. as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 2.4and as the valve plate revolves in thedirection lof the arrow in Fig. 2. the open'space on either si'de of saitlvalve plate between the edge thereof and the collar 9 is gradually en arged. hence the pressure oi' the substance passing therebetween 'is gradually increased until the maximum pressure is obtained. the position ofthe plate at this point being shown by full lines in Fig. 2. The sewage striking the' spreading cone l at this graduated pressure progressively increases terior of the collar 9. and during the rotation of the valve plate in either direction the open space between the edges thereof and the interior of the collar 9 is increased until the minor axis ot' said elliptical plate is at right angles to the position shown in Fig. l. indicated by broken lines. when the open space between said valve plate and collar is at. its maximum. The continual rotation of said valve plate gradually decreases the area of this open space until the lips 10 are again in contact with the collar 9. when the valve is entirely closed. 'ith this pai'- ticular style of valve plate the area of diffusion is at a minimum atthe beginning of rotation and gradually increases to the maximum at the half strolte and returns to the minimum again during the completion of its rotation. The lips 19 and 1() upon the valve plates are desirable. 'out not essential. as the outer edge of the said plates may at two points thereon. located diametrically opposite each other` have a diameter equal to that of the said lips.

There are minor changes and alterations that can be made. within my invention. aside from those herein suggested. and l would therefore have it understood that l do not limit myself to the exact construction heremeans for changing the bressnre of the mattetentering said valve at a uniform pres sure so that it will pass through the outlet end under a continuously varying pressure. said means comprising a rotating valve plate. having oppositely dispos-td portions tn the outer edge thereof an eqtntldistance from the center of said valve plate and the Yaxis upon which it rotates. and the contour of said edge between said oppositely disposed portions heilig the same shape upon bothsides of .said center but not concentritl therewith- I :2. 1n combination with a valve body; of means for changing the pressure of the matter entering said valve at a uniform pressure so that it. will pass through the outlet end under a continuously varying pressure. said means comprising a valve plate rotating upon an axis substantially parallel with the outer edge thereof and having oppositely disposed portions upon said outer edge an equal distance from the center of said valve plate. with that portion of the edge of said valve plate between said oppositely disposed portions at progres sively varying distances from saidcenter.

3. In combination with a valve body: of a `collar fixed therein: means for varying the pressure of the matter' entering said valve body at, a uniform pressure so thatI it will pass through the outlet end under a continuously varying pressure. said meanscomprising a valve plate continuously rotating upon an axis substantially parallel with the outer edge thereof having oppositely disposed portions upon said outer edge an equal distance front the center of .said valve` plate and the axis upon which it; rotates. and the contour of said edge between said oppositciy disposed portions being the same shape upon both sides of said center but. not concentric therewith.

l. ln combination with a valve body. composed of two sections: of a collar fixed therebetween: means for changing the pressure of the matter entering said valve body at a uniform pressure so that it will pass through the outlet end under a continuously varying pressure. said means comprising a valve plate rotating upon an axis substantially parallel with the outer edge thereof. having oppositely disposed portions upon said outer edge an equal distance from the center of said plate and the axis upon which it rotates. and the contour of said edge between said oppositely disposed portions being the same shape upon both sides of said I tationof said plate, according to the direccenter but not concentric t-lieiewitb. l tion of rotation thereof, from 'the initial 5. In a valve, the combination with' :i l position of Suid valve plate, wherein the said valve body; of a plate with an irregular oppositely disposed portions :1re in Contact, 15

sively.increased or decreased during the rocontour of calcnlable form having oppositelj;r 1 with the inside of said Yaiie bod disposed portions thereon, equally distant l In testimony whereof I ntlix my signature from the center of said valve plate; means in presence of two witnesses.

for rotarily mounting said vvalve plate so WILLIAM GATIN TAYLOR. that the open space between said valve plate Witnesses: and the inside of said valve body is progres- LIABLE THUNBERG,

ROBERT DENMSON. 

